A lecturer with the Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yohanna Mbudai Bzegu has been reportedly shot dead by some gunmen.
Bzegu, a lecturer with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, was shot dead at his Bajabure residence, behind Anglican Junior Seminary, a satellite town on the outskirt of Yola, the state capital.
The assailants reportedly broke into his house and fired multiple shots into his chest and watched him breathe his last, while his wife looked haplessly.
A source close to the family who pleaded anonymity said the attackers, gained entrance into their residence and killed the lecturer.
The source also disclosed it was the fifth attempt by the yet-to-be-identified assailants to attack the residence, adding only this time, they succeeded and murdered, their breadwinner in cold blood.
He said, “They first fire shots through the window; later they broke the door and shot him severally in the chest until they confirmed he was dead.”
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Adamawa State Police Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje said, “The Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Akande had visited the crime scene earlier today and directed that immediate investigation, with a view to apprehending the killers of the lecturer.
